Each week, Housing Candy will spotlight Toronto and the GTA’s most remarkable properties — from luxury penthouses and heritage homes to uniquely designed spaces that stand out for their architecture, history, or character.
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Price: $11,500,000
Neighbourhood: Guildwood
Size: 5,500 sq. ft., lot size about six acres
Perched atop a cliff in the Scarborough Bluffs, this estate is one of few in Toronto to have access to a private beach on Lake Ontario — and so much of it.
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At 770 feet of lake frontage, 220 Glenabbey Trail has one of the largest privately owned waterfronts in the city, according to its listing.
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The house was built in 1942 and has been under the same family since 1967.
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What makes the property unique?
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Royal LePage realtor Elena Saradidis says that the home is unlike anything she’s sold before.
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“I sell a lot of homes.
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It’s a special home,” she said.
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“When you show up to the property, you actually feel different.
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You feel happy being there, and that’s a rare thing for you to feel,” she added, pointing to the home’s views and exclusive waterfront access.
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The house features a fully decked-out kitchen, with premium appliances and shiny white countertops.
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The living spaces — including a family room and a large living room, both with fireplaces — make the large house comfortable and homey despite its large size.
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With five bedrooms and five bathrooms, the house could be the perfect place to host overnight guests, Saradidis added.
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The primary bedroom includes a large ensuite that features unobstructed views of the lake.
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It also has private access to the house’s rooftop patio.
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‘It’s kind of like sitting in your own personal park’
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According to Saradidis, you can see the lake from almost every single room.
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“It’s kind of like sitting in your own personal park,” she said.
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The backyard makes you feel like you’re at a cottage by the lake while right in the heart of Scarborough, she added.
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The property features a 660-foot frontage lined with blaze maple trees.
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The large spaces between houses, and the tree coverage in the front, can provide a level of privacy that’s rare in a large city.
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There’s patio space all around the house allowing you to enjoy the outdoors in style, while three balconies and the rooftop patio give you a straight eyeshot to Lake Ontario.
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The large glass solarium allows you to enjoy the feeling of being in the outdoors inside, providing another place to host friends and family.
The house also features a three-car garage, above which is a self-contained suite, which could be the ideal space for an art studio or a nanny suite, Saradidis said.
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Who’s the ideal buyer?
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The neighbourhood contains mostly single family homes, Saradidis said, with multiple elementary schools within walking distance and a high school is just a short drive away.
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Saradidis says that there is no one ideal buyer.
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It could be a retired couple who wants the large green space for gardening or perhaps an event-planning company that wants to use the space to host weddings and large parties.
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She envisions the most likely buyer to be a multi-generational family, though.
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“Imagine being able to have all your kids get married there, your grandkids get married there.
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A place where all your relatives can come to, like the home base for your family,” she said.
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